Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 2,712 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Caribbean stood at 2,712 ha.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 5,730 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1,370 ha, in 1966.
Caribbean ranks 13th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,730 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,932 ha | -31.4% |
| 1963 | 3,535 ha | -10.1% |
| 1964 | 2,635 ha | -25.5% |
| 1965 | 2,536 ha | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 1,370 ha | -46.0% |
| 1967 | 1,870 ha | +36.5% |
| 1968 | 1,970 ha | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 2,070 ha | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 1,780 ha | -14.0% |
| 1971 | 1,390 ha | -21.9% |
| 1972 | 1,600 ha | +15.1% |
| 1973 | 1,820 ha | +13.8% |
| 1974 | 2,930 ha | +61.0% |
| 1975 | 2,940 ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 2,950 ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 2,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,960 ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 3,160 ha | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 3,260 ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 3,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,800 ha | -14.1% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,800 ha | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,600 ha | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 2,291 ha | -11.9% |
| 1992 | 2,200 ha | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 2,150 ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 2,100 ha | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 2,167 ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 2,240 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 2,239 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 2,332 ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 2,200 ha | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 2,350 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 2,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 2,319 ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 2,310 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 2,900 ha | +25.5% |
| 2008 | 2,814 ha | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 2,659 ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 2,535 ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 2,555 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 2,567 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 2,579 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 2,597 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 2,609 ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 2,638 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 2,650 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 2,685 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 2,706 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 2,708 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,715 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,700 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 2,706 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,712 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,850 ha | 1,370 ha | 5,730 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,426 ha | 1,390 ha | 2,950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,999 ha | 2,800 ha | 3,260 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,252 ha | 2,100 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,435 ha | 2,100 ha | 2,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,612 ha | 2,535 ha | 2,706 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,708 ha | 2,700 ha | 2,715 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 10 China 10,000 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 10,000 ha compare
- 12 South Africa 9,031 ha compare
- 13 Madagascar 7,891 ha compare
- 14 Ethiopia 5,970 ha compare
- 15 Indonesia 4,746 ha compare
- 16 Paraguay 4,000 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Caribbean was 2,712 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 5,730 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,370 ha in 1966.
- How does Caribbean rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 13th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Castor oil seeds — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.